Regret

Edward's POV

I am whipping this bitch. The whole room echoes her cries. I don't want to stop whipping her. She cries hard. She lies to me again and again that she didn't kill Lisa. She has no evidence to prove that she is innocent. Three years ago I married her only to show her a living her. Since the next day of our wedding I started whipping her*.

I whip her everyday and starve her until she passes out. My poor Lisa suffered because of her. Now I am going to make Sophie suffer more than Lisa. She must have murdered Lisa because of jealousy. I know Sophie loves me since her childhood. But I only love Lisa in this whole world. Sophie is very stubborn. She gets punished everyday than to surrender admitting the truth.

My phone goes off in the middle. "Boss, there are some important documents you need to sign. Can you please come to the Company ?" asks my left hand man Luthor. " Hmm" I hang up. " Bitch I will come back." I say to her and go out of the room.

I arrive to the Company in 20 minutes. I sign the documents and am about to get in the car when my phone goes off. It's Officer Dan. He handles the case of Lisa's murder. "Officer Dan" I answer the call. " Mr. Edward we have found out the truth about Ms. Lisa's murder. Please come to the police station."

I am very happy. Finally I can punish the murderer and kill that Sophie. Today is her death day. I get into the car and ask my driver to drive to the police station. I reach the police station after 30 minutes. I see my left hand man standing with a sorrowful expression. Officer Dan comes and greets me. " Let's go to the interrogation room" he says and leads the way.

We go inside the room. A man is sitting inside. He starts to shiver after seeing me. " Say, why did you murder Lisa ?" I asked coldly. "Because I was paid Sir." he replied. " And who paid you ?" I asked more coldly. " Ms. Rosie paid me Sir." Rosie ? Isn't she my first lover who cheated on me. It's really an unexpected name. "Why would Rosie do that and isn't it Sophie who told you to do that ?" I ask him. I am confused beyond words. " Ms. Rosie was very jealous that you love Ms. Lisa. So she paid me to kill her and put the blame on the girl named Sophie" he answers me. " Do you know how Sophie looks ?" " No Sir. I only know the name 'Sophie'. By the way I wanted to ask, who is Sophie Sir** ?" he answered and asks me. " Sophie is my wife." I am really disturbed. "Luthor, come with me. Let's go to the mansion. Now** !!!" I order and we get into the car.

Then all this time, Sophie never lied ?? Why didn't I believe her, my wife than to be the ex-girlfriend who cheated on me ?? Why did I be so cruel to Sophie. " Drive faster!" I order* *the driver. " Boss, Office Dan said the truth to me before you arrived. I informed Bryan. I am afraid that he might have said to Ms. Sophie." Luthor says to me. " Luthor, please be silent." I say to him in a worried voice.

Atlast we reach the mansion after 40 minutes. I run to the room. I open the door and go in. The room is dead silent. I panic. " Sophie ?" No reply. I panic. May e she passed out. I switch on the light. The room is empty. I notice that there is blood all over the floor. The cleaners never cleaned the floor. The old blood stains cover the white tiled floor. I see a new blood trial. It goes into the tunnel connected to my room. I run inside my room. The room is empty. I check the bathroom. She is not there. There is not a single soul present in the room. I see a paper on my dressing table. I can recognise her handwriting. It's *addressed to me. With shaking hands, I read the letter.

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙴𝚍𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍,

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙰𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚎𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎. 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍. 𝙰𝚖 𝙸 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚎𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 ?

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚙𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝙸 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚛. 𝚂𝚘 𝙸 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕.

𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 16 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑. 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚘𝚗𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎. 𝙷𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙻𝚒𝚜𝚊. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜.

𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜. 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚓𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙿𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚐𝚘. 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝙰𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚂𝚒. 𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚋𝚢𝚎 𝙴𝚍𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍.

I feel like suffocating. I run out of the mansion. I order my men to search for her. After 2 hours of searching, we can't find out her. I feel like my whole world collapsing*.

"I killed her. I killed Sophie. I killed Sophie. I killed Sophie!!!!!" I scream. When I close my eyes, I can see that her snow white skin covered with whip cuts and her whole body covered with blood. Wait ! Didn't she mention about a baby ?? I run back to the mansion. I go into her room. I have never went inside her room.

I hear a soft voice giggling. I go near the voice source. It's a baby. I lift her up in my arms. " Pa...pa..." she says. I feel something that no words can describe my feelings. " Papa" she calls me again. She smiles like a flower. She looks exactly like Sophie. I cry holding my baby. I promise myself that I will take care of my baby.

" Baby girl, what is your name ?" I ask her. " Li...sa.." she replies cutely. " Baby girl, hereafter your name is Sophie. Okay ?" I say to her. " So...phie...?" she repeats. " I love my baby" I silently whisper. " Lisa....loves...papa and ......mama ..." I feel very guilty for being cruel to Sophie. I was even whipping her in her pregnancy time. She is really strong. " Sophie, don't worry. I will take care of our baby. I am sorry and.... I love you Sophie." tears leave my eyes. Our baby wipes my tears. " Papa....don't ....cry.." she says. I lie down with our baby and fall asleep next to her.

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